UNITED STATES v. BAPTISTE

No. 78-5673.

608 F.2d 666 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry BAPTISTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. McPherson, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Donald L. Beckner, U. S. Atty., C. Michael Hill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, HILL and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Henry Baptiste appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1623 for making false declarations before a grand jury and using documents containing a false and material declaration in his grand jury testimony. He was sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand dollars and to three years probation. We affirm.

Baptiste testified before a grand jury which was investigating Community Advancement, Inc. (CAI), an organization that had received federal...

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